First time reading fantasy!

[Alexandria ˙⋆✮]

I've never read fantasy in my life. Which, some could think, is a shame.
I've seen a lot of books with high praise, like Powerless, Lightlark Shatter Me The Cruel Prince and so on.
So, can you recommend a romance fantasy for someone who's never read one?

[paula]

I loved fourth wing, it was my first romantasy! But it has spice and I don't know if you are ok with it or not. Shatter me is my fav book!! It can be difficult for someone new to this genre tho. It's more of a dystopian romance than fantasy, but it still is an awesome book series!!

[padme ⋆.˚ᡣ𐭩]

my first fantasy series was acotar and it was amazing for a beginner imo and i think powerless is a great starter book too

[Jabotikaba]

Radiance
Twin Crowns
The Hanging City
Magic Under Glass
House of Salt and Sorrows

[⋆✿Grace✿⋆]

Forth Wing (has spice), Divine Rivals, Cruel Prince, Daughter of the Pirate King, Once Upon A Broken Heart, Caraval! All of these are series so you have follow ups! Happy reading<3

[Ayesha]

start with the caraval series or shatter me. its like the perfect way to step into the fantasy world.

[&#x1f407;]

my first actual romantasy was the acotar (a court of thorns and roses) it was really good!!!!!

[ira]

Last year I read fantasy for the first time too. I read tge folk of air (the cruel prince books) it was very good actually. the books got me into reading fantasy. the plot was good and tye characters were not annoying, also i adored the plot twists. Worth reading it!!💗💗

[Alexandria ˙⋆✮]

Thank you all!💗💗💗

[Alexandra]

[Arielle]

Following...

FYI everyone has also recommended ACOTAR, so it was going to be my next read on Audible (as I am currently already reading two physical books)... but it isn't available on Audible! :(

So it will have to wait til I finish Funny Story and On Beauty and then I'll check it out...

Let us know what you think if you do read it!

[lyndi ♡]

a really great first fantasy is divine rivals bc it is fantasy but it's not as high fantasy as cruel prince, powerless, caraval, etc (all of which i also strongly recommend for after divine rivals lol)

[Mbhabibti]

If you're 18+ and primarily a romance reader just start with ACOTAR. If you're under 18, read Once Upon a Broken Heart instead.

If you don't care as much for romance but want something easy/YA, try the Red Queen series.

[Teo]

I'd say start with romantasy books and slowly work your way to high fantasy. The Cruel Prince, while an amazing book, is very slow paced at the start since there is a lot of world-building. Also, keep in mind that the romance is subplot.
Powerless and Caraval may be better choices to start with. Powerless has very little focus on the magical system overall, and Caraval is the book where magic and reality meet, so to say.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer- since I know from experience it gets people into fantasy and it's also a standalone.
Lightlark had a lot of potential but isn’t exactly well executed, and the magical system may get confusing.